Heel and method of operating thereon



June 1 1926. 1,586,563

T. LUND mm. AND METHOD OF OPERATING wasanon Filed on. 29 1921 2 w w z Petented June v THOMAS Lennonreflux, ASSACH TTS, Assxonon r um'rnnsnon MAeHIm' I may eonroimrron, or rernnson, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION or NEW JERSEY.

HEEL ANDMETHODOF oPnnArrne rnnianon. r

This, "invention. H 7 U 4 methods of operatlng thereon and has par ticular reference to heel attaching. For pur-fv base, or the like, butittisepparent that, in; certain; of its aspects,theinvention is equal- H 1y appliczible to theattachment of, it whole or one piece heel to the heel ,seatof a shoe;

In Y attaching 1nulti section heelstwo methods of operation are in common use.

- According to the first 4 of these, methods the" basetsection, or deck, is; et-tached to the heel seat of a shoe by one operation of thelheel p v I s p p I heel. seat are trimmed together, the reg-1s attaching machine,.,and the second section or deck is attached to t he base, the shoe,

"by a e; second heeling machine' operation,v usuelly performed by a separate. machine,

rAccording'toithe other inethod the sections or decks ofthe heelare assembledin their; proper? relation to each other andfusually temporarily secured: together r -before the heel is" placed 0 upon the shoe The assembled multi-seotion heeli is then placed upon the'heel seat'of a -slhoe and secured thereto by a single operation of; the heel attachin inhchine In attaching a whole heeLHtlie heel is looeted gupeni the heel seat 7 ofa shoe and, of i teourse, attached by a single. nailing operatlon, Regardless of which of; these methodsisemployed, it is necessary to. register the top section of the with respect to the, he.el; seat, before fthey are attached together," andthe principal object: of the present invention, isv to provide improved means for easily and: effect vely securing this register ofthe parts with 8X;

actness.

To this end, the heel or; heel section and the support to which it is to be attached-are so formed with respect to each other 'as to co-operate inlocating one; upon the other,

and a featureof the invention resides in the provision of 'readily7re1novable means upon at least one of the partsfor facllltat mg 'the, register ng of two engaging parts.

'lhis niea'ns, inthe caseof a leatherorleatherboard base intended for use, for ex-- ample, with a rubber half heel, is preferably embodied in a peripheral flange projecting from the heel engaging face, of the relates heels and Applicetion filed October 29, 19 21 Iseriar'm. 11, 377."

base section and virtually providing a recess f substantially the salnesize as the heel to ,A projection, advantageouscompressorat be superposed upon the face. such as that referred to, can, ly, be -formed upon thebesein the usual molding operation in the heel no extra cost, and itIis not necessary that the, size of the base exceed that ofthe 'to-p sectionofthe heel by an amount more than suliicient to provide the necessary amount of material-for'the usual heel trimming op eretion. Furthermore, when thebaseis, as I usual, trinnhechfiush with the remainder of'tlie heehafter the completion of the heel and'l'itsaattachment to. the shoe,,or, in the case of 'afwholeheehwhen the heel seat is trlnnnedflush with, the heel or the heel and tering flange Oivprojection is completely removed, leaving .no trace of Its ex stence.

novel niethod is provided,which comprises moldingafiange aroundthe'curved edge of the outer face of a heel base, sectiOn,'p lac-" ing a heel top sect-ion within the flange ups on the base section, securing the twofsec-l tions together, flange; o '1 lVhen the heel sections are assembled off the shoe the flange may betrinnned' oif either prior -O1f subsequent to the attach ment of the heel ;to the shoe. VVl1en-tl1e In another'es'pect of the invention, a I

and,"thenjtrirhniingiofi the i,

heel sections are assembled upon the shoe the heel attaching nails are, driven and then the tr mm ng operation. is performed.

Further features and advantagesof the invention, will be appreciated and understood from reading the followingdetailed description of I one embodiment thereof in connection w th the gaccoinpanylng drew- 111gs,1nwh1clr Fig.- 1 showsva riibber 'hali "h el ands, leather or leatherboardbase embodying the,

invention, ready to b e iassenibled; V v

Fig-(2119a cross-sectionalview of the same partsassembledin register with each other} I f Y Fig.3 shows heel attacheditosheeand partly trimmed and k Fig.- 4 illustrates a mo base. it a v v 7 Referring now to' the drawings, l0 indicates a rubbenhalf heel of a' well vknown type and I2 indicatesa base section which may consist of leather,leetherboard or any difiedffornr of heel suitable equivalent, non-metallic material. A flange 14 projects from the heel supporting face of the heel base 12 in a direction normal thereto and, in the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 extends around the curved sides and back of the heel. This flange or projection 14: may be integral with the heel base and may conveniently be formed thereon, at no expense, in the con'ipressing or molding operation to which such heel bases are usually subjected prior to their attachment to shoes.

The space within the flange let virtually forms a cavity which is of substantially the same size as the rubber heel 10. By the aid of the flange 14 the heel section 10 is easily positioned upon the supporting base 12 in exact register therewith with the flange engaging the periphery of the rubber heel. The relation of the parts when assembled, is clearly shown in Fig. 2 where the dotted lines 16 indicate the rubber heel, which is usually slightly curved in cross-section, as it is when it is brought into engagement of the base 12 and the solid lines indicate the rubber heel after it has been flattened down upon the base. The parts may be assembled and secured together in the relation shown in Fig. 2 and the heel thus produced may then be attached to the shoe at a. single operation, or the base 12 may first be attached to the shoe and then the heel section 10 may be registered and attached at a sub sequent operation. In either event the resulting product will appear as shown in Fig. 3,. in which 18 indicates the upper and 20 the outersole at the heel end of a shoe. If the heel to be attached is a whole heel of rubber or other material, the projection M is, of course, formed upon the heel seat portion of the outersole 20 which becomes the immediate support for the heel.

In 3 the rear portion of the heel supporting parts 13 shown at 22 trimmed flush with the rubber section 10 and this trimming will, of course, be carried completely around the sides in finishing the product. In this trimming operation the flange or projection 1 1, which no longer has any purpose for existence, is completely re moved. In order to provide the flange 14 the supporting part with which the upper heel section 10 is to be registered must be slightly larger than the said section but the excess in size need be no more than is required to provide the stock necessary for the usual heel trimming and finishing operations.

It is not essential that the flange 14 extend uninterruptedly around the periphery of the member 12, and Fig. 4 shows a modi fled form of the invention in which three separated projections 24 are provided for the purpose of facilitating the registering of the parts. It will, of course, be understood that the invention is not limited to a registering projection or projections of any particular size or shape, the chief essential being that it or theyshall be easily removable after the parts have been brought into proper register with each other.

Having described my invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is2- 1. A non-metallic, unfinished base section for heels which is larger than its finished size and the heel to be superposed upon it, and is provided with means for mechanically facilitating the registering of the heel with the base.

2. A base section for heels which is larger than the heel to be superposed upon it and is provided with means for facilitating the registering of the heel with the base, said means being constructed and arranged to be removed in a subsequent operation.

3. A base section for heels which is provided with means for facilitating the registering of the heel with the base, said means .being constructed and arranged to be removed subsequently to the registering operation.

4. A non-metallic shoe part to which a heel may be attached, provided with means for facilitating the location of the heel in a predetermined posit-ion upon said shoe part, said means being thereafter readily removable.

5. A base section for heels which is provided with means for engaging the periphcry of a heel to be registered with the base, said means being removable prior to completion of the heel.

6. A non-metallic base section for heels which is larger than the heel to be superposed upon it and is provided with register facilitating means for engaging the periphery of the heel, said means being removable by a trimming operation subsequent to the registering of the heel with the base.

7. A non-metallic base section for heels which is larger than the heel to be superposed upon it and provided with a member projecting from its heel engaging face, said member being arranged to engage the periphery of a heel superposed upon the base.

8. A non-metallic base section for heels, having a flange projecting from its heel engaging face to provide a recess of substantially the same size as the heel to be superposed upon the base, said flange being removable by a trimming operation.

9. A molded, non-metallic support for heels, having an integral flange projecting from its heel engaging face, said flange bemg removable in the usual heel trimming operation.

10. A construction for the heel end of a shoe comprising a heel member and a supporting member for the heel member, said registered therewith byen'gagementof the supporting member being provided with I tallic heel base having anupwardly projecting heel-registering flange at its periph ery, and an upper heel section, having its edge exposed, superposed upon the base and flange with its periphery.

12. That method ofoperetingupon a mu1-, 1 ti-section heel which comprises molding a 15 flange around thecurved edge of the outer and then trimming off the flange; 1

face of a heelbase section, placing a heel top section within'the flange upon the base section, securing the twoqsections together,

' 13."That method ofjoperating upon a mul around the curved edge of sa-idbese section,

placing a rubber 5 top section within the I I flange upon the base section, attaching the assembled heel to a shoe, and then trimming off the flange, r

20 ti -section heel which comprises building a] heel base sectlon of leather, molding a flange i In 'testimonywhereof- I: have signed my name to thisspecification. I

THOMAS LUND 

